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Majority against the motion PUBLIC RAILWAYS. _ .... Mr. GOUL BURN said there were other views besides those that were connected solely with engineering; it was necessary also to consider which line would take in most large towns and possess other commercial advantages. It was not to be expected that an engineer in professionally looking at a line, and avoiding engineering difficulties would give this sufficient consideration. With reference to the convenience it would afford to those gentlemen to visit their constituents, as bile Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman opposite (the Att )rncy - general) had remarked, he ( Mr. Goulburn) thought that those Honourable Gentlemen who anticipated that convenience should subscribe towards defraying the ex penses of the survey. Mr. M. PHILIPS said the great point was, to decide which line would be best as an engineering line, and at the same time combine the other advantages that were required for a railway. This was important to kscertain, in order to he able to judge of the probability of its remunerating those concerned in it. C. FEL:U.; USSON believed a Commission would be attended with good effects. Mr. AG LIONBY said that both lines were attended with difficulties ; it was, therefore, not so easy to judge between them. Mr. WALLACE said they merely asked an umpire. This had been granted in the Brighton case, and why shouLl it not be granted to them ? ------- • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the parties were really interested in the matter, and might be brought to agree %ithaut difficulty. Sir R. INGLIS did not feel that a sufficient case had been made out to justify an address to the Crown. 4 ! that Government had offered to survey lie to Edinburgh, and from Lancaster to • of tits competing projectors desire it. i • ' 1 1 4 Esn I itii 11, ~ ~ •, _ .6 a_ .. .: • ...., - ~.,...i , . f a..? • ...tt ~ , *- -• '• - --..,.._ ~ 42 Y. the honour of presenting to them. The Hon. Member con cluded by moving that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into subjects contained in the petition of the landowners and others connected with the principality of Wales, pre sented en the 10th of May, 1238. Mr. RIC H A RDS seconded the motion. It was a subject which required the immediate interference of the Legislature. It had produced serious grievances amongst poor holders of land in Wales, and he trusted the evils arising from those pro ceedings would not be suffered to exist much longer. He had a personal knowledge of many facts which would prove the extent to which those oppressions had reached ; but he was of opinion that before a Committee would be the most fitting place to state them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, when he heard the petition read, felt that if the Hon. Gentleman founded his motion in conformity with it, the House would not be justified in granting a Committee to inquire into those alle gations without the consent of the Crown. If the object of the motion were to bring the question of the right of the Crown before them, the House could not take any step with out the consent of her Majesty.—( Hear.) The Hon. Mem ber who had introduced the motion had, however, said that he did not demand an inquiry into all the allegations in that pe tition ; he only demanded an inquiry into certain subjects con tained in it. It was competent for the House to entertain cer tain subjects contained in that petition he would admit ; but be would ask of what use would the Committee be if they did not enter upon the very question to which they could not proceed without the consent of her Majesty, namely, the right of the Crown ? If they omitted this question, the object of the Honourable Member would not be effected. A gentleman had been very distinctly alluded to in the course of the Honourable Gentleman's speech, who did not by any merit the charges that were very plainly made against him—he alluded to Mr. Wilkin. That gentleman was not to blame for any proceedings of the Crown. With respect to the motion, he should not give his assent to it, because the House could not institute such an inquiry as was sought without the consent of the Crown. The Hon. Member had alluded to the game in Wales, and he had no doubt that some dispute amongst Welsh gamekeepers had been mixed up with other matters in this subject. Colonel WOOD approved of a Committee, not for the purpose of trying titles, but for the purpose of affording relief an those cases of grievance which were so numerous. In the county of Radnor large sales of Crown manors had taken place ; the Crown at the time of sale conveyed to the pur chasers all the encroachments which had been made previously, and the consequence was that immediately after actions were taken by the purchasers against those who held land that was included in the encroachments. The actions failed, because having been twenty years in possession, that time established their claim as against the purchasers ; but it tequired a posses sion of sixty years to establish a claim against the Crown, and therefore the Crown accordingly commenced actions as from itself against those who occupied the encroachments. This was decidedly an unfair degree of harshness. It was resuming functions which for many years the Crown had not exercised. Lord LOWTHER had no connection with those proceed ings alluded to, which were commenced at the direction of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests; and so far from the number of actions at law being very numerous, there had been but fourteen from the year 1820 to 136, and only one verdict for the Crown. Mr. HALL thought that a Committee, consisting ., of gentle men, many of them perhaps having personal and pecuniary interests concerned, was not the best mode of settling the ab. atruse legal points that would doubtless he raised in connection with that subject ; therefore he had made up his mind to oppose it. He should wish that some inquiry was instituted into these cases of hardship upon poor holders of land which undoubtedly existed. The Crown had acted with an unusual degree of severity in some cases. He was of opinion that it was the poor who required the protection most against the Crown ; the rich holders were able to protect themselves. Sir JOHN 0 WEN said a Commission would be very ex pensive, which a Committee would not be, and he therefore thought a Committee ought to be granted. He was anxious for an inquiry into those cases of severity. Mr. WARBURTON should vote against the motion. Colonel WOOD explained. Mr. JERVIS would oppose the Committee because it could lead to no good. The motion of his Hon. Friend, which was a direct attack on Mr. Wiikin and the Woods and Forests, would do anything if agreed to but benefit the parties it pro fessed to serve. Mr. M. ATTWO OD said, a Court of law was the proper tribunal to try the issue raised by the parties petitioning in this instance. He must say that the uncalled-for vehemence shown by the Hon. Gentleman who brought forward this mo tion appeared to him a strong proof that he would be found completely in the wrong.—(Laughter.) That Hon. Gentle man was himself one of the parties between whom and the Crown a question had been raised and Yves pending ; acd, while he gave the Hon. Gentleman full credit for not assert ing any claim which be did not consider founded in justice. he must say that he believed the Gentleman whose name hid been introduced in this debate on account of the part which he hid taken in maintaining the rights of the Crown (Mr. Wilkia) quite as incapable of urging any claim on the part of the Crown which was not perfectly just and equitable. The course adopted had been fully approved by every Government, and particula r ly by M r . H u ski sson. If the motion were to be agreed to he ( Mr. Attwood) weuld divide the House on the name of every Gentleman connected with the principality of Wales, if any such were proposed on it. Mr. C. W. WYNN did not deny the right of the Crown, but he thought those rights bad been exercised in an oppres sive manner towards the landowners. The question of the right of the Crown ought certainly not to be submitted to a Commission appointed by the Crown. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if a case of grievance could be made out he, on the part of the Crown, would afford every help ; but he believed the best mode of inquiry would be by Commission. Mr. BRISCOE did not wish to censure the Government for the course they had pursued, but he thought the claims of the present landowners ought to be considered. Mr. 0. GORE having shortly replied, said it was his in tention to divide the House. The House then divided, when there appeared— Ayes Noes Mr. H. HlNDEthenrOse to move an address for the ap pointment of a Commission to ascertain and report on the best line for a communication by railway from London and the manufacturing districts of England to Edinburgh and Glas gow. If a Committee had been appointed at an earlier period much expense would have been spared and better lines adopted. The lion. Gentleman then proceeded to observe upon the existing lines of wav, and to point out the advan tages which would have accrued it a Committee had been ap pointed before any lines of road had been entered upon, and gave it as his opinion that such a line of road ought to be a public undertaking. Sir J. C AMPBELL concurred in the opinion with respect to the advantage of such a Commission, and would willingly second the motion, which he hoped would meet the concurrence of Government and the consent of the House generally. It was a question of great importance to the trade and commerce of the country. Sir G. STRICKL AND had been on a Committee with respect to railro ids which was appointed this session, and it was their opinion—an opinion in which he concurred, for he thought. they had come to it upon good grounds—that Govern mint ought not to interfere in those matters, but leave them to private speculation and individual competition, which would always be most likely to insure the best and most desirable lines of road in almost all cases. Sir A. DA LRYM PLE was of opinion that the appoint ment of a Commission would be a great public advantage. Mr. HUME would not support the motion if he thought it involved any unnecessary public expenditure; but as it seemed to him to be a question merely where a doubt was entertained by two parties it would, in his opinion, be desirable that Go vernment might undertake to decide between them. Mr. PO UL ETT THOMSON said that if the question was what the Hon. Member for Kilkenny appeared to think it, Government might be able to concur; but the proposal of the Hon. Member who made the motion was not what the Hon. Member for Kilkenny appeared to think. An application somewhat like the present was made to the Committee which sat in 1836. Witnesses were examined, and the difficulties discussed; but the resolution to which the Committee came was, that there could accrue no practical good to Great Bri tain from the appointment of a Commission, as it was impos sil-le that local interests could be properly considered by that Commission. The acceding to the present motion would be bre eking through the principle adopted by that Committee. After a few words of explanation from the Attorney-Gene ral, Mr. P. Thomson, and Mr. Hinde, Mr. PEASE should support the motion for a Commission. He was anxious to see the best line adopted ; by the best line he meant that which would:- be most advantageous to the country generally. He was anxious to avoid the ruinous ex_ penses before Committees. In that case all that was necessary to be done was to apply for such survey. Sir GEORGE CLERK trusted that the motion would be agreed to, and that the expense being so trifling Honour able Gentlemen opposite would not further oppose it.— (No, no.) Mr. BAINES thought the better way would be to leave the speculators in railways to find out the best lines, and not to trammel enterprise by any Government interference. Lord DUNGANNON thought that the Hon. Member for Leeds, in opposing the motion, had brought forward the strongest reasons in support of it. Mr. H. HINDE then read his motion. The House then divided. For the motion 53 Against it 53 The numbers being even, the SPEAKER voted against the motion, which was consequently lost. Captain BOLDER° moved for a Select Committee to in quire into the petition of Lieut. Charles Hill, Royal Navy. Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adjournment of the House. An animated conversation ensued on this motion, in which Captain Dundas, Captain Boldero, Lord Dungannon, Mr, Brotherton, Sir A. Dalrymple, Sir R. Inglis, and Mr. Wa . lace, took part. The House then divided— For the motion Against it Majority -43 Mr. C. WOOD opposed the motion of the Honourable and Gallant Member. Sir A. DALRYMPLE opposed the motion. Sir IL INGLIS thought that this House was the last place to which the decisions of the competent tribunals over the army and navy ought to be brought. After a short conversation, Captain BOLDERO would not press the motion to a divi. sion. The question was then put and the motion was nega tived without a division. VOTE BY BALLOT. Sir H. VE RNEY did not intend to trouble the Howe this session with the motion of which he had given notice with respect to Vote by Hillot. He withdrew the motion, because he was anxious to facilitate the important measures before the House respecting Ireland, and in consideration of the late pe riod of the Session. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned, at Half-past One o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 7. Lord SHAFTESBURY, as Deputy Speaker, took seat on the Woolsack, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, at Five o'clock, when several private Bills upon the table were ad. vanced a stige, and some wore read a third time and passed. POOR LAWS. Lord PORTMA N presented a petition from the Guardians of the Uttoxeter Union, in the county of Stafford, expressing unqualified approbation of the Poor Laws' Amendment Act, and of the reaulations of the Commissioners. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A message from the House of Commons brought up scveri Private Bills, which were read a first time. SABBATH OBSERVANCE. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from New castle-upon Tyne for the better observance of the Sabbath. NIAYNOOTH COLLEGE. The same Rev. PRELATE presented a petition from Wor• cester for a better regulation of Maynooth Col!ege. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP, The REV. PRELATE also presented petitions front Lam beth and other places, for the abolition of Negro Appren ticeship. The Duke of CLEVELAND presented a number of similar petitions from places in Durham, Yorkshire, and other counties. IRISH POOR-LAWS. The Marquis of DOWNSI-lIRE presented a petition from the Grand Jury of the city of Dublin against the Irish Poor law Bill. CANTERBURY RIOTS. Lord BROUGHAM wished to call the attention of the Noble Lord ( Lord Melbourne) to the rece-t melancholy events which took place in the county of Kent, and which he believed was o•ving to the insanity of one individual. and the gross ignorance of those whom he had deluded. That person had hcen convicted of gross and wilful perjury, and sentenced to imprisor.ment ; but, upon proof of his insanity, that sentence was commuted to confinement in the County Lunatic Asylum. It was at the discretion of Government to exercise the royal pre rogative or - . such occasions ; but he did not understand upon what ground it was exercised in this particular case. If the man we.e of sound mind he ought to have undergone the punishment. If he were of unsound mind he ought to have been detained in confinement. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for copies of the correspondence between the Govern ment and the local Authorities. Lord MELBOURNE had no objection to the production of the returns. On the contrary, he was extremely anxious to lay before the House all the documents connected with that melancholy transaction. But it was to be recollected that the person to whom in this case mercy was extended had never before been guilty of any act of violence, of man slaughter, or assault, although he had committed some very extravagant acts. Lord BROUGHAM said that the individual had repre sented himself to be the Saviour, and ha.,l persuaded his fol. lowers not only that he would rise again, but that they were invulnerable ; and it was with that impression they attacked the soldiers. Now, that could only be accounted for by their gross ignorance, and therefore he hoped he should have the support of the Noble Viscount for his motion on the subject of education next week.—( Hear, and a laugh. ) The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the prerogative of mercy was the last prerogative of the Crown w ith which Parlia ment ought to interfere ; but recent practice in respect to it had been exceedingly loose and improper. On this occasion there ought to be some inquiry.--( Hear.) What he complained of was, that the door had been opened for private negotiations upon such subjects, instead of referring the matter to the Judges of the land.—( Hear. ) I. — ofd MELBOURNE said that, in the case alluded to, the father of the individual in confinement had undertaken to take charge of him. In the case of the American who had assaulted Mellish, the merchant, his friends had given security that he should be conveyed to America, and not be suffered to return to this country. RIOTS IN IRELAND. Lord WICKLOW rose to call the attention of the House to a recent outrage which had taken place at a tithe sale in the County of Waterford in Ireland. The Noble Earl having detailed the facts of the case, asked if it were true that the military had been allowed to act without the superintendence of the civil power, not even under the dircction of the Sheriff, but only at the command of the sub-Sheriff? Lord MELBOURNE said he had received no information upon the subject. Lord LONDONDERRY postponed certain notices which he had given for the 12th to the 19th July. POSTAGE. Lord ASHBURTON presented petitions from Glasgow and Carlisle, praying for amendments in the management of the postage. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). Earl WICKLOW presented a petition against the national education system in Ireland. NEGRO SLAVERY. The Bishop of NORWICH presented petitions against negro slavery from many places, among others, from Newport Pagnell, and Melton-Mowbray. Lord SE AGRA VE presented a petition to the same effect. Earl MINTO begged to ask the Noble and Learned Lord (Brougham), what he intended to do with respect to the lengthened returns which had been presented on the subject of the slave trade on the coast of Africa? Lord BROUGHAM said he had as yet had no time to examine those returns; till he had done so, he could hardly -say what steps he should take. CRIMINAL LAW. - Earl DE VON gave notice that he would to-morrow draw the attention of their Lordships to the Third Report of the Cri minal Law Commissioners, and move for a Select Committee on the subject. IRISH POOR LAW. On the Order of the Day for going into Committee on this Bill, Lord FITZGERALD and VESCI rose to state various amendments which he intended to propose, in order that the same might be printed. The first amendment was one which in point of fact had already been adopted in substance, for he considered the decision the other night as decisive of his pro. position for limiting the relief. Immediately after clause 41 he should propose the insertion of a clause the object of which was to give the guardians the power of apprenticing orphans and deserted children. The next object to which he wished to allude was that of the medical charities of Ireland. Their number and extent he had stated on a former evening ; they amounted to 600, a►►d the extent of relief afforded was very great. It had been intended by the Bill as it was originally ►ntroduced into the House of Commons that the whole esta blishment of medical charities, such as fever hospitals, county infirmaries, and dispensaries, should be under the controul of the Commissioners. He regretted the alteration since made in the Bill. The clause which he should propose would have the effect of imposing upon the Commissioners the necessity of inquiring into the state of the institutions for me dical relief, and of reporting to the Government upon the subject; and he proposed that because he believed that when they had carried a measure imposing a compulsory assessment for the relief of the poor it was greatly to be apprehended that a portion of these dispensaries might be interrupted.— ( Hear, hear.) He understood that there was Bill in the other House of Parliament which was intended to provide for the inspection of all the medical charities of Ireland. He did not inten I to pronounce any opinion upon that Bill ; but, if it had been found necessary to adopt some particular legislative measure on the subject of those charities, he might say that it afforded some ground for the introduction of the clause which he proposed. The Noble Lord then read the clause, which was to this effect—_" That the Commissioners, so soon as conveniently might be alter the formation of any union, should make, or cause to be made, inquiries into the state of the fever hospitals, the dispensaries for the relief of the sick or convalescent pour, or any other medical charities within such union, in reference to the nature and extent of the re lief afforded by them, and to report thereon to Parliament, setting forth in such report the number of hospitals which ought to be provided for the relief of the sick or convalescent poor in addition to those already established " He had intended to have proposed anoth er claus e upon the subject of emigration. Aft. r clause 46 he should propose the following clause. The Noble Lord then read the claw-e, which in substance wm, that it should be lawful for her Majesty in Council to issue orders to the Commissioners to inquire respecting such emigration (referrims to the former clause ja the $i11); but that, as 4 preliminary to their making any order on the subject, the as. sent of the poor persons recommended by the Guardians must be obtained. He was aware that the same information might be obtained from the Commissioners, but he thought it ad vantageous to engraft such a clause upon this Bill. As to the 69th clause, which exempted tenants under 5/. from a portion of the assessment, he was perfectly aware of the grounds on which that clause had been inserted; but it appeared to hint that it would open the door to great abuse. The next clause to which he wished to refer was that which au thorised the Commissioners to require that one of their body should reside in Dublin, for the purpose of carrying the Bill into effect. Now the alteration which he had made in that clause in the llJuee of Commons al as to make it mandatory instead of permissive. Now he knew that many persons entertained great apprehensions of the power of the Com missioners; hut he must say that any opinions which he might entertain in favour of the measure would mainly arise from the consideration that the controul of the Commissioners ought to be unfettered; and he should be sorry, therefore, it the it Lordships acquiesced in the mandatory clause. He had been many years at the head of the revenue department in Ire ' land, and his experience led him to think that no regulation had been more successful than the system of centralisation. In the case of Boards the course had been in the first instance to have resident Commissioners ; but they had subsequently been found unnecessary, and were accordingly abolished. He begged to press these two points on the attention of the Noble Viscount. Before they went into Committee he thought that one question of very great importance ought to be asked—he alluded to the expense of the Staff of officers connected with this establishment. There could be no doubt th it great apprehensions prevailed as to the number of offices which must be created under this Bill. It would be satis factory if the question could be answered in a manner that would alleviate those apprehensions. The Earl of WICKLOW dii not agree in the propriety of detailing amendments previously to going into Committee. Ile begged to give notice—so widely did he differ from his Noble Friend on another point—that he should propose that, instead of one, two Commissioners should always be resident. Viscount MELBOURNE was sensible of the importance of the observations of the Noble Lord opposite ( Lord Fitz gerald), and he perhaps did not quite disagree with him on some points. He would not then follow the Noble Lord through all his observations, but on one or two points he could not asoid saying a word. With regard to the 69th clause, which enabled tenants under five pounds to pay the amount of assessment by deducting the whole or a portion of their rent, it was easy to understand the reason upon which that clause was founded. It was intended to relieve that poor class from the tax ; but he had already stated that he entertained considerable doubts as to the prudence and policy of the clause ; and he still thought it liable to many of the objections urged against it; and if it were found that an alteration in that respect could be made in the Bill, he, for ono, should not object to it. The Noble Lord wished them to make the clause requiring a Commissioner to be resident in Dublin permissive, and he had snoken of the disadvantages of local government, and of the great advantages of concen tration. Now, theie was no question of that; but the neces sity for a local government in this case seemed to arise from the division of the counties and the extent of territory—it proceeded upon the reason which made the establishment of a local government in Ireland necessary at the Union. Con sidering the novelty of the subject, he though it imprac ticable to proceed upon the centralising system. He was perfectly aware of the apprehensions that existed as to the number of offices which the Bill would create, and the heavy expense which must fall on this country. But the Bill was unquestionably one of great novelty—it was an experi ment ; and that it was so, was the reason for granting such ex tensive powers. He entertained no apprehensions on that sub ject, because those powers were exercised before the public, and under the vigilant superintendence of Parliament. If any excessive expenses were incurred it would be at once dis covered, and subjected to retrenchment. He was not now pre pared to give any precise information as to the ❑umber of officers whom it would be necessary to appoint in order to carry into effect the provisions of the Bill ; but he agreed in thinking that upon a subject so new, and so untouched, before the Bill proceeded much further, some notion on that subject should be given, and he would, therefore, take means to sup ply himself with the information. The Marquis of C LANR, ICAR DE was anxious to know whether it was intended to introduce a Vagrancy Act to sup ply the place of those clauses which had been struck out of the Bill. Viscount MELBOURNE said that was still a question under consideration, whether those clauses should be re-in serted, or a fresh Bill be introduced. The House then went into Committee. Lord BROUGHAM begged to call the attention of the Noble Duke and her Majesty's Government to one of the amendments proposed by the Noble Duke. He thought that it had an effect very far from his intention. He alluded to the amendment Ott the 41st clause, and he must say that he looked upon it with great alarm. He did not know whether the Go vernment meant to agree to it or not; but if the Noble Duke wished to carry it they mug adopt it—they could not help themselves.—( A laugh.) H: believed it was admitted on all hands that neither the able-bodied nor even the impotent man had any claim to relief as a matter of right ; end yet his belief was that if the amendment of the Noble Duke was carried, although it would not. make it a matter of right, be cause the word discretion was employed ; still it would leave the discretion so fettered, that the relief would be-, come a mere matter of tours,—(Hear, hear, hear.) Now he was either for fettering them effectually as the able bodied, or giving them a , large a discretion as possible. Now, the amendment of the Noble Duke said that, Ist, the impotent should have relief, and then the able-bodied. They agreed that class A should enter. Was it not better then, if they wished to exclude class B and C, to leave the matter to the discretion of the Commiss'oner, wi h that understanding ? But the Noble Duke said not that they were to exercise their discretion, but, first, that they should admit class A, and then B and C. Since the last discussien on this subject an im portant document had been transmitted to him from Donegal, and it afforded a test of the candidates that they might ex pect fur admission to the poor-houses.—( Hear, hear, hear.) It was a dispensary return to the Lent Assizes of 1837 . It stated that the population was 279,000 odd. How m an y o f that number did th e i r L or d s hip s think came within the de scription of persons requiring from poverty dispensary relief? No less than 63,500; and yet it was well known that there were other parts of Ireland poorer than that. Such was the prospect which was held out of persons besieging the doors of the guardians. He had not intended to take any further ''Part in the discussions on this 13111 until the third reading ; but he thought it his duty to throw out these observations. The Duke of WELLINGTON said—My object in the amendment which I have to propose to your Lordships is to indicate, in the first instance, that which it is desirable the Commissioners and Guardians should attend to. I beg the Noble and Learned Lord's pardon, but if he had adverted to the first words of the clause, which limit its application to the discretion of the Guardian, he would find that they are carried throughout the clause.---( Lord Brougham—" Yes, yes ; said so.") The clause begins—" That it shall be lawful for the Guardians of any Union at their discretion, subject to the directions of the Commissioners, to take order, in the first place fur the necessary relief therein of all such destitute poor persons as, by reason cf old age. blindness, lameness, or other infirmity may not b e able to work, and of destitute orphan . children ;" an d t h en, in the next} lace for the able-bodied poor. Now, my Lords, I conceive that this clause gives no right. what ever ; all it does is this—it points out to the Guar dians that those who are unable to work should be relieved before the able-bodied. The House may perhaps be of opi nion that the clause does not carry its object into effect; but it appeared to me to be the opinion of many Noble Lords that such a preference was desirable, and I therefore thought it advisable to propose its insertion. For my ovvn part, I think the preference is desirable, and I know it will givel satisfaction to a vast number of persons. Under these cir cumstances, my Lords, I should wish to take the sense of the House upon the questiemif it should become necessary. • Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that this amendment was not yet quite ripe for discussion, for it had not yet been; proposed. Lord CLONCURRY said that, with ragard to the return mentioned by the Noble and Learned Lord, he wished to re-; mark that it frequently happened that the name of a person going to a dispensary was put down every time, and thus the return which was male presented only an account of the number of visits, and net of the different persons relieved. Lord BROUGHAM—The population was here stated to be 280,000, and did the Noble Lord mean to say that he meant 100,000 counted twice and a-half over? He (Lord B.) sup posed that his Noble Friend's meaning was, that if a man got a tooth drawn one day and another the next, or broke his elbow one day and his shin the next, every accident reckoned one in the population. But the statement he quoted had been sent to him by a most respectable gentleman, resident in Donegal, and was verified on oath.—( Elcar, hear.) Perhaps 19 his Noble Friend's part of Ireland the officials had the habit of counting the people twice over, but he ( Lord Brougham) believed that in Done g al th e y had not as yet atta'ned that refinement, but preserved the old-fashioned Eng lish method.—( Laughter.) Lord CLONC UR R Y raid that he felt quite convinced that 11:8 statement of the mode of computation was the correct one. The Duke of WELLINGTON asked whether the state ment the Noble and Learned Lord had made referred to a period Of twelve months? Lord BROUGHAM said it did, and that the statement was verified on oath.—( Hear, hear.) The Marquis of CLANRICA RDE objected to the amend ment of the Noble Duke. Lord HAT HE RTON thought that the return quoted by his Noble and Learned Friend must have been made out in' the manner his Noble Friend stated. They were dispensaries in the towns of England, and surely the Noble and Learned. Lord would not contend that every one claiming relief at such places would also be likely to claim relief from the poor rate. Lord ELLENBOROIJG di should support th e amendment of the Noble Duke, and also pr o pose another amendment prevent which, i a conjunction muchuseless with expenditure.i t, His would, proposalopinion, ‘v as to tend to re strict the Commissioners to the erection of such workhouses as the Board of Guardians might approve of. Th f Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not rise to oppose the amendment of the Noble Duke, but merely to call his at tention to one word—the word "all." He would suggest to the Noble Duke to substitute the words "such destitute per sons," it being material, that as they did not intend creating any legal right, they should not seem to recognize it. The Duke of WELLINGTON consented to the alteration suggested by the Noble M ,rquis. The Ear! of WICK 1. 0 W said that if the clause created any legal right, it would be most injurious to Ireland. The LORD CHANCE LLOR had no hesitation in assur ing the Noble Earl, that the Bill contemplated no legal right. —( Hear, hear.) After some further conversation the word " all" was ex- I punged, and the clause, with one or two other verbal amend meets, was agreed to. Lord FITZGERALD then signified his intention to pro pose his amendments again on the bringing up of the report. The Duke of WELLINGTON now proposed that alter the 41st clause the following clause (" A") should be in serted : " And be it enacted that the Commissioners shall cause to be printed for the use of every union a sufficient number of register books for making entries of the descriptions of persons admitted into and relieved in the workhouse according to the form in th e secon d sc h e d u l e to t hi s A ct annexe d, an d in such register books shall be printed upon each side of every leaf the heads of informati on h ere i n requ i re d t o be registered re specting the persons so to be admitted and relieved;; and every page of each such b oo k s h a ll b e num b ere d progressively from the beginning to the end, beginning with number one, and every place shall be els° numbered progressively from the be ginning to the end of the book, beginning with number one; and every entry shall be di v id e d f rom th e following entry by a printed line." The Earl of WICK LO W thought that this was a most im portant amendment ; it was one f or w hi c h he gave his sincere thanks to the Noble Duke. But it was only in the principle he concurred, as he feared that the manner in which it was isorded would very much interfere with its good effects. Lord ELL ENBOROUG H recommended, in case the schedule should be adopted, that a column should be added, stating whether or not the applicant for relief was an occupier of rateable property. The Earl of WICK LOW thought it highly inexpedient that anything should appear in the Bill that would leave it to be supposed that at the time of passing the Bill the Legisla ture contemplated extending relief to the class suggested by the Noble Lord. Lord E LLENBOROUGH said that, without extending relief to that class of persons the Bill would be a mockery. Most of the destitute persons in I re l an d were occupiers of land in some shape or other, and to say that they would relieve the destitute at the same time that they refused relief to the occupiers of land, was as great a mockery as Parliament could possibly sanction. The Marquis of L ANSDOWVE thought it better that it should be left to the discretion of the Commissioners to say what class of persons ought to be relieved. He would not say that he was at all in favour of conferring relief to such an ex tent as to include this class ; but, at the same time, he did not think it expedient to fetter the discretion of the Commissioners, as the Noble Lord had proposed. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that there might be many instances where persons holding one or two acres of lend might, notwithstanding, be absolute paupers. This would be a case where the occupier of landed property would be a person claiming relief. In such cases a question would arise, whether any interest possessed by such individual ought not to devolve upon the unions. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. The Duke of WELLINGTON then proposed the follow ing amendment:— " And be it enacted that the Commissioners shall furnish to every Board of Guardians, for the use of the master or other principal resident officer of every workhouse, one of such re gister books, at a reasonable price, the cost whereof shall be borne by the union in which such workhouse shall be situate ; and every such mister or officer shall, as soon as conveniently may be, register in the said book the particulars required to be registered according to the form in the said second schedule, touching every person to he admitted into and relieved in such workhouse." The Noble Duke's amendment was agreed to without dis cussion. The Duke of WELLINGTON had now an amendment to propose with respect to the localisation of the expenses. His object was to localise the expense in such a way as would provide for its administration in the most economical manner. He had within the last two days received an account of the ex pense which had been incurred in building a lunatic asylum in one of the counties in Ireland. The expense of building was 15,0001., though it had been estimated at half that amount. The expense of maintaining .ninety lunatics for one year amounted to two thousand pounds. Now this was twice the expense that he knew to have been incurred under similar cir cumstances in a part of this country with which he was ac quainted, although one wou ld t hi n k t h at t h e expense wou ld be greater in this count!) , than in Ireland. When the expense was paid out of the county purse no one had an interest in keeping down the expense. He did not mean to say that eco nomy would have the effect of diminishing the number of lu natics, but it would have the effect of decreasing the expense. The Noble Duke concluded by proposing the following amendment And be it enacted, that the Board of Guardians of every Union shall cause accounts to be kept of the expense incurred in respect of the persons relieved ia any workhouse within such Union, and such accounts shall be made up at the end of every six calendar months ; and the Board of Guardians shall charge against the electoral division as formed by virtue of this Act, at the end of such period, the proportion of such ex pense as shall appear to have been incurred in respect of every person so relieved, who shall be stated in the registry to have been resident in any townland included in such elec toral division ; and the expense incurred in respect of every person so reliev e d, an d not state d i n t h e reg i stry to have b een resid( nt within a townland situate in some electoral division of the Union, shall be borne by and charged against the whole Union ; provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Guardians elected for any two or more electoral divisions within any Union, by writing under their hands, to agree that all charges in respect of destitute poor persons resident within such electoral districts respectively shall henceforth be borne in common by such electoral districts ; and in such case such agreement, having been first signed by the said Guardians, shall be signed and sealed by the Commissioners, and one part thereof deposited with the Commissioners, and a counterpart or counterparts thereof, si gne d b y t h e sa id G uardians, and signed and sealed by the Commissioners, deposited with every Cleric of the Peace of the County or Counties in which the said Union shall be situate ; and every such Clerk of the Peace shall and is hereby required, upon the receipt of such agreement, part, or counterpart, to file the same with the re cords of such county, and from and after depositing and filing of such last-mentioned agreement and counterpart, the same shall be for ever binding upon such electoral divisions, and shall not be revoked or annulled, anything hereinbefore con tained to the contrary notwithstanding." The Earl of WICKLOW thought it would be much better to substitute parishes instead of the electoral division. The Earl of FING AL thought that the Noble Duke had adopted the proper and best mode of localizing the expense, and he would support his proposition. Lord REDESDALE said that in England every parish was an electoral district. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought that parishes could more easily be adopted than electoral districts, because the Ordnance survey had clearly defined the boundaries of parishes. He thought (as we understood the Noble Lord) that it would be better to substitute parishes. Lord FITZGERALD said that the object of both sides of the House seemed to be what was the best mode of localising the expense and conducting its application with economy. With respect to parishes, their limits were clearly defined, and were entered in the county book. He felt great difficulty as to the word " resident," and without some more clear de finition of that word than their Lordships had at present, he did not see how he could get over this clause. Lord HAT HE RTON and the Earl of WICKLOW mu tually -explained. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it would be ab solutely- necessary to bisect large parishes, and, in his opinion, the f ormat i on o f e l ectoral d i str i cts was the only way to equa lise the workine of this Bill. He thanked the Noble Duke for his amendment, and he agreed with him that it would operate as a stimulus to the landlords to look after their te nantry. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that parishes were not of equal terminus with town lands. On the contrary, he believed the boundaries of most parishes passed through the centre of the town lands, and hence the necessity for electoral districts. Lord CARBERRY supported the proposition of his Noble Friend (the Earl of Wicklow) for the insertion of the word parishes instead of electoral districts. The Marquis of SALISBURY thought that the better way would be at once to adopt the suggestion of the Noble Duke. Lord CARBERRY said that what he wished was, that each parish should support its own poor. The Marquis of SALISBURY feared there would be some difficulty in effecting that object. Lord CARBERRY thought that it would not be attended with any difficulty. Lord ELLENBOR 0 UG H strongly conjured their Lord ships to define the word " resident," for that was the rock of the law of settlement, which it was the desire of Noble Lords to steer clear of. The Earl of WICKLOW did not think the Boards of Guardians could have any difficulty with respect to defining what residence was. So strongly did he feel the propriety of the amendment he had proposed, that he certainly should take the sense of their Lordships as to whether the word parishes should not be inserted in the clause instead of electoral districts. The LORD CHANCELLOR tla ed that any attempt to define what " resident" was would only tend to establish that which their Lordships were anxious to avoid, namely, the law of settlement. He therefore could not agree that any defi nition of that word ought to be made, and as he thought that electoral districts would equalize th e burthen much better than parishes he should prefer the proposition of the Noble Duke to that of the 'Noble Earl. Lord FIT ZG ERA LD said, it would seem that the only protection against the law of settlement in Ireland was the leaving the word " resident" vague and undefined. It would seem that the Lord Chancellor of England could not define that which every gentleman in Ireland could ; but, be that as it might, seeing that the general feeline•of their Lordships was for electoral districts rather than parishes, ho should give way. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place, their Lordships having ultimately agreed to retain the words " electoral districts" in the clause. The Marquis of CL,ANRICAR.DE proposed an amend ment for the purpose of defining the word "resident ;" but after a conversation, in which several Noble Lords took part, he withdrew it, and said that he should at the end of the Bill move a clause explanatory of the word " resident." The Earl of WICKLOW observed that he should oppose any proposition which might be brought forward for the pur pose of defining that word. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 42 was postponed. On clause 43 being put, The Bishop of EXETER moved the adoption of words preventing Roman Catholic Bishops from having power over the Friegs with respect to their ttot4dailce the workhouses, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1838. Viscount MELBOURNE Said that the clause, as proposed to be amended by the Right Rev. Prelate, would place the nomination of the Pri,sts the hands of the Commtsmioners. The noble Viscount, however, then said that he would not op posse the amendment. The Earl of FING AL observed that the parts of the clause to which this amendment related had been introduced advi sedly, and he should be sorry to sec them omitted. After a few words from► the Earl of WICKLOW, The Clause, as amended, was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 44 was then put, when The Bishop of EXETER proposed words to the effect that the Clergy of any persuasion should not give instruction to persons in the workhouses in the same room in which indivi duals of another persuasion were present. Although to prose lytise was one of the first d u ti es o f a Ch r i st i an Mi n i ster , y e t he did not think it ought to be done in any disengenuous man ner; and it was to prevent this that his amendment was di rected.—( Hear.) The clause, as amended, was agreed to, as was also clause4s. On Clause 46 being put, Lord FITZGERALD wished to introduce in this part of the Bill a clause, of which he had spoken on the debate on going into Committee on the Bill, and which related to the furnishing of annual reports to the Commissioners with respect to the state of the hospitals in Ireland, and the extent of relief afforded under this Bill, in order that if it were found in any case to be too small they might issue orders for its extension. The Duke of WELLINGTON said they ware now going to provide for the poor of Ireland from a public fund, and there was also a fund in existence, which was administered under the grand juries. Now, it was impossible for these two funds to be carried on at the same time without putting them under one authority, and that authority, in his opinion, should be the Assistant Commissioner. After a few words from Lord CA R BE RRY, The Earl of WICKLOW said there was a strong impres sion against this Bill in Ireland ; and if they introduced a clause giving the Commissioners this sort of controul they might be compelling the country gentlemen to withdraw their support from the public dispensaries and hospitals. —( Hear.) Viscount MELBOURNE thought it strange to introduce a clause, giving the Commissioners power to do that which the Secretary of State had not the power of doing,. After a few words from Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Elletibo rough, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Lord Cloncurry, it was agreed that the clause should be printed and taken into consideration on the bringing up of the report. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, obtained leave to sit again to-morrow (this day), and their Lordships resumed. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at Eleven l'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION. OXFORD AND GREAT WESTERN UNION RAILWAY BILL. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comnzons.) THURSDAY, JUNE 7. Report further considered (Prints having been delivered on Wednesday, 30th May) :—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Amendments made by the C?mmittee to the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " Report be taken into further Consideration upon this day three months," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The House divided:— MAJORITY— Adire, Lord—Glamorganshire Aglionhy, H. A.—Cockermouth Aglionhy, Major F.—Cumberland Alsager, 11.—Surrey Archbold, Robert—Kildare Bailey, Joseph—Worcester Bailey, J. D.—Sudbury Bannerman, A.—Aberdeen Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Bowes, T =Plymouth Blake, W. J.—Newport Boldero, Henry G.—Chippenliam Bolling, W.—Bolton Bridgeman, Hewitt—Ennis Briscoe, J. I. —Wes.bury Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater Brodie, W. B.—Salisbury Brotherton, J.—Salford Browne, I D.—Mayo Bryan, Maj. Geo.—Kilkenny Co. Burr, D H. D —Heretord Busfield, W.—Bradford Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co Callaghan, D.—Cork City Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Cave, Robert Otway—Tipperary Clive, Viscount—Ludlow Craig, W. G.—Edinburghshite Crawford, W.—London Cripps, Jose h—Cirencester Darlington, Earl of—Shropshire Davies, Colonel—Worcester Denistoun, J.—Glasgow Douglas, Sir C E Warwick Dcwdeswell, W.—Tewkesbury Duke, Sir James—Boston Dtindas, fl. W. D.—Flint Eastht,pe, J.— Leicestr r Edwards, John—Montgomery Fgerton, Sir P.—Cheshire Eliot, Hon. J. E —Roxhurglishire Evans, Sir G.DeLacy—Westminster Evans, William—North Derby Finch, F.—Walsall French, F.—Rosscommon Gore, 0. J. R.—Carnarvonshire Gore, Ormsby—Salop Guest, J. J.—Mertyr Tydvil Hall, Benjamin—Nlar y Icbone Hastic, Archibald—Paisley Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth Hawkes, Thomas—Dudley Hayter, W. G.—Wells Heatheote, D.J.—Lincolnshire Hector, Cornthwaite John —Peters-, field Hinde, John Hodgson—Newcastle uoon-Tyne Hodgson, ltd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Elope, IL T.— Gloucester Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Houston, G. J.—Renfrewshire Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Hughes, W. B.—Carnarvon I. Jervis, J.- Chester Johnson, W. Augustus—Oldham Knatchbull, Sir B.—East Kent Lambton, EL—North Durham Langton, Col Gore—Somerset —AYES, 13!. Lclevre, C. Shaw—North Hants Lister, E. t anlitre—Bradford 'Lockhart, A. M.—Lanarkshire Lushington, Charles—Ashburton I.ygon, M.-Gen. Hon. H. B.—Wor cestershire, \Vest. Mckinnon, W. A.—Lymington Mefaggart, John—Wigton, &c. Maher, Jno.—Wexford Co. Master, Colonel—Cirencester Miles, William—Somersetshire Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Morris, D.—Carmarthen O'Brien, W. S.—Limerick Co. O'Connell, Daniel. Dublin O'Connell, M. J.—Kerry O'Connell, Morgan—Meath Palmer, Charles Fyshe—Reading Palmer, George—Essex Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Parrott, Jasper—'lotness Pease, Joseph—South Durham Philips, Mark—Manchestor Pinney, W.—Lyme Regis Powell, Colonel. -Cardiganshire Price, Sir R. —Herefordshire Price, Richard—New Radnor Richards, Richard—Merionethshire Roche, William—Limerick Russell, Lord John—Stroud Sanford, E. A.—Somersetshire Scholetield, J.—Birmingham Sharpe, General—Dumfries Sheil, Richard Lalor—Tipperary Slaney, R. A.—Shrewsbury Smith, Benjamin—Norwich Somers, J. P.—Sligo S imerville, Sir W.—Droghed Stanley, E. John—North Cheshir Stanley, W. 0 —A nglesca Steuart, Robert—Haddington, &c. Stewart, James—lloniton Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr Stuart, Villiers—Waterford Co. Style, Sir Charles—Scarborough Talfourit, Mr. serjeant —Reading Tancred, 11. W.—Banbury Teignmourh, Lord —Marylebone Thomson, ltight Hon. C. P. —Man chester rhorrely, Thos.—Wolverhampton Townlty, Rd. C 4 —Cambridgeshire Troubridge, Sir T. E.—Sanowich Vere, Sir C. s.—East Suffolk •I Verney, Sir 11.—"uckingliamshire IVigors, N. A.—Carlow Co. -, Walker, R.—Bury, Lancashire IVarburton, H.-13iiiiport White, Andrew—Sunderland Wilkins, Walter—ltadnorshire Williams, William—Coventry Williams, \V. A.—Monmouthshire Wilmot, Sir J. E.—Warwickshire Wilshere, William—Yarmouth Winnington, 'l'. E.— Bewdley Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow TELLERS, Harcourt, G. G.—Oxfordshire Pryme, George—Cambridge MINORITY. Archdall, Gen. M.—Fermanagh Attwood, M.—Whitehavet, —NOES, 31. Mahon, Viscount— Hertford Manners, Lord C. S.—Leicestershire Matther, G. B.—Shaftesbury Milnes, R. M —Pontefract Noel, Wiliam M.—Rutland Plumptre, John r.—East Kent Praed, W. T.—' t. Ives Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire Round, Charles Gray—Kssex N. Round, John—Ma!don Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln Stanley, Edward—Cumberland Wood, Colonel T.—Brecknockshire Rogge, N.—West Norfolk Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire Cole, Viscount—Fermanagh Dick, Quintut—Maldon. DugdalC, W. S.—Warwickshire Duncombe, lion. W.—Yorkshire Dungannon, Lord —Durham Egerton, Lord Francis—Lancashire Fremantle. Sir Thomas—Bucks Herbert, Hon. S.—South Wilts Johnstone,.). J. P.—Pi•mfries.shire) Jone , , John—Carmarthenshire Lowther, Colonel—Westmoreland Lowther, J. H.—York MackenLie, W. F.—Pecblesshire TELLERS. Inglis, Sir R. H.—Oxford University e;stcourt, T G. B.—Oxford Univ. LITERARY NOVELTIES.-Independently of the new novel by the author of " The Diary of a Desennuyce," under the title of "The Woman of the World," fashionable society will pre sently also receive still further illustration by the publication of another novel, called " The Glanville Family," by a lady of rank, whom ru mour states to be the wife of a distinguished Parliamentary leader. Captain Spencer's narrative of his travels in the Western Caucasus, in. cluding a tour through lmcritia, Mingrelia, Turkey, Moldavia, Gal. licia, Silesia, Moravia, &c., forming a sequel to his travels in Circassia, is to be published, we understand, in a few days by Mr. Colburn ; as well as Mr. G. Bennett's " Pedestrian Guide through North Wales," illustrated by twenty etchings, by Alfred Clint. Lastly, the cultivators of roses will hear w ith pleasure of the appearance of Mrs. Gore's long promised " Rose Fancier's Manual," comprising an account of the cul ture and propagation of roses, with a descriptive catalogue of 2,500 varieties. ABUSES OF FRANKING.—The abuses of frank ing have been noticed by Ministers themselves in Parliament. To have a Member of Parliament in a large firm in London is often a saving of 9.1. sterling a day, 7301. a-year. A Member receives fifteen and sends out ten double or treble letters each day, which, as the franks will always be used for the most distant letters, and more than 2s. on an average, each double letter gives a result nearer a thousand a-year than the sum we have mentioned, and as they will often cover bills of exchange, each of which would be a double letter, the estimate is not exaggera* ed. Many bankers, it is said, hire a Member's privilege to frank their letters. The following fact we have on good authority :—Application was made before noon one day at a banking establishment for the payment of a money order. The bankers, without assigning a reason, hesitated, and asked for a delay of an hour. The applicant, infcrring that the house was about to stop payment, insisted on immediate compliance with his demand, which compelled the bankers to admit that they had not yet received their letters from the West.end, which contained their instruc_ Lions. A frank may be redirected several times, and thus save several postages. Several of the clerks and functionaries of the Government have powers of franking unlimited, tither by weight or bulk, and haunches of venison have been known to be franked, and one of these, we call him the Hon. Franklin Gofree, franked a grand pianoforte to one of his fair cousins.—London and Westminster Review. ENGLISII CHURCHYARDS.—In Britain ci for the dead is not generally shown by the introduction of flowers ever their graves; but the practice prevails in some places throughout the country, more especially in Wales, and it is not unfrcquent in the me. tropoistan and other cemeteries. Perhaps it ought to be commended and encouraged, as the frequent recollection of deceased friends has a tendency to sober the mind, and cultivate the affections of the living, In every part of Germany, where the inhabitants are in the habit of cul tivating flowers on the graves of their friends, or even of visiting these graves annually on a certain day, and decorating them, the inhala.tanto arc a reflective and very humane and amiable people; for example, at Munich. The introduction of flowers, therefore, in church-yards, where they are planted over the graves by the relations of the deceased, is a very different thing from their introduction in the margins of plan twions of trees and shrubs, as is done in some of our public cemeteries, its imitation of shrubberies, to the utter neglect, as we think, of appro priate character and expres s i o n. Bearing in mind, th ere f ore, the three principles of simplicity, order, and neatness, a s gu id es in laying out churchyards, we shall next proceed with the details.—Suburb.in Gardener. T HE FRENCH COURT IN 1780.--" But let us turn awhile from those scenes of revelry, from those gorgeous assem blies where wealth was lavished with a reckless hand, where profusion and luxury abounded, even to satiety—where the cup of pleasure was quaffed till its votaries were bewildered with delirium of enjoyment, and lot us behold the source whence came the means to supply those costly banquets. And what do we see but an impoverished country, a peasantry in the last stages of deprivation and misery, by the people being so op pressively and injudiciously taxed, that the cultivator, on whom the burden principally fell, could scarcely, even by his hart Learned labour, obtain a miserable sustenance, the major part of his produce being ab sorbed by the exactions of the state? An English author who travelled in France at that period states, that he haul seen a plough drawn by a wre tiled horse, a cow, an ass, and a goat, whilst a peasant, without shoes or stockings, guided it, as a half-naked urchin was endeavouring to whip his team forward."—Madame Tussaud's Memoirs. The following instance of the sagacity of a dog is given in a letter from St. Omer : —An old woman, who had been em ployed for some days in digging sand from one of the pits from a ne4h bouring heath, was suddenly buried by the fall of a qu..ntity of sand from the side of the pit. Her dog, which was with her, immediate'y con.- menced to scrape the sand away with his paws, and Pat succe ded in disengaging her head when assistance arrived, and she was saved. MAXIM OF NAPOLEON.— When bayonets de liberate, power escapes front the sceptre of the So' er2io, - -/lecdteec., et;4is of C inairwour Duke qf , SPOU TING _INTELLIGENCE. was brought itto notice, TA TT 11,11,5' A I. L' 6' 'Y ESTPnnA r A thin attendance, and little or no business. The Ascot Cup and Lord Suftield's Caravan against the field • 2 to I offered on the and 5 to 4 laid on Mr. Bowes field (take sto 2), Epirus being the favourite. Neither Mane nor the Carpenter go, nor does it seem probable that Redshank will start. It is said that Grey Momus is in preparation, but nothing has transpired from authority. THE ST. LEGER. The only bet made was one of 230 even between Albemarle and D'Egvullc. 's Epirus THE 'LATE DERBY. Oe understand that Mr. Coombe has taken Cobham from Scott and placed him under the care of .1. Rogers. There is B . mystery about this horse's running which the public wou ld like to see cleared up. REIGATE RACES, WEDNEsnA r. The Gold Cup, value 100 guineas, given by Mr. Thomas nrr;, ll 4 added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, Goodwood Cup weig,", o and conditions. The second to save his stake. be sold fur 500 sovs., &e. Two miles and a half. 5 Su b `' 1 Mr. Robertson's b. c. Edgar, by Shakespeare, 4 yrs...Macdo nalt Captain Pearson's hr. c. David Gellatley, 3 yrs ..................3 Captain Williamson's b. h. Mervan, 4 yrs.... .............. 4 Mr. V. King's Ratcatcher, aged ................................... .•• 5 Mr. Hadland's ch. g. by Tramp, dam Queen of Hearts, aged•" Won by a head. habi- The Sutton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added by the DI tants of Sutton ; three yrs old, ist. ; 4 yrs, Sat. 21b ; 5 Y"' 93 nd six yrs and aged, Out. 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b•+ 51b. horses ;lb. Winners once this year, 31b. ; t wice ' 5 'l' The second v extra. The winner to be sold fur 120 sovs. Heats, one in ' and a half. 3 Subs. hv 1 1 Mr. Garrard's b. h. Slang (11 b.), aged Mr. Lucas's br. g. John Jolly (h. b.), 4 yrs .................• Mr. Bond's b. f. Aline, by Reveller, out of Aline, 3 yrs .•• Won by a length. t lemen The Reigate Hunters' Stakes, with a Purse added, ge" riders, ilst. each, heats, one mile and a distance, were won easily in two heats by Mr. Relf's Columbine, aged, beating Mr. Pa"' e a o b. g. Keepsake, aged ; Mr. Neale's br. g. Harlequin, S Y" .11r:Crumacn's br:h. Jim Crow, aged. W. Match, 100 sovs. Half a mile.—Mr. Barnes's GallowaY Balchin) beat Mr. Stubbs's Flighty. MANCHESTER RACES, TV EDNESDAr• The Wilton Stakes of 10 sots. each, and 30 added ; three Y 1: Est. 41b; four yrs, Bst. 4lb ; five yrs, Bst. 121 b ; six yrs and a a n g , Z , 9st. 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile quarter. 5 Subs. Mr. Worthington's b. c. by Battledore, dam by Filho, 3 Yrs." 1 C1arke....................................................... Mr. C. Buckley na. b. c. Puffendorf, by Brutandorf, 3 yrs .••••' 3 Mr. 11. Hudson's br. f. Columbine, by Harlequin, 4 yrs ...... ••• to Betting-5 to 4on Puffendorf, 3to 1 agst Columbine, and 5 2 agst Battledore. Won easily by four lengths. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft., for the produce of covered in 1834 ; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. One 1131 and a quarter. 5 Subs. bs.)' Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. by Vanish, out of Flush (allowed 31 walked over. A Free Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 soya. added, for four yrs old. One mile and a quarter. Lord Stanley's b. c. Argante, brother to Amurath, Est. Lye........................................... ....... Mr. A. Phillips's ch. f. The Maid of Monton, by Recover'', 4 2 7st. 13Ib Mr. Lacey's b. c. Capulet, by Young Phantom, ist. 61b .. The following also started, but were not placed :—Colonel; CO dock's br. c. Box-keeper, by Voltaire, 7st. 61b. ; and Mr. J• Fairlie's gr. c. Pyramid, by Falcon fist 71b Betting-7 to 4on Argante and , Tl - 1; Maid of Ironton ri t a t i ft, t the field, 2to 1 against Argante, and 2 to 1 against The Won by half a length. lost , Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three years old a lost , ; wards; three yrs, ist. 21b. ; four yrs, 9st. ; five yrs' six yrs and aged, lOst. 51b. Three miles and a distance. 1 Lord Eglinton's b. g. The Potentate, by Langar, 6 yes••••••' ) ,, 1 121 b. 1 Mr. Dunealfe's b. c. Drone, by Pantaloon out of Decoy, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Heap's ch. m. Miss Rachel, by Corinthian, 5 yrs ........ ..... by Betting-6 to 4on Potentat e , and 2to 1 agst Drone. " three quarters of a length. These races c LIV omm EßP ence OO on Tuesd L JULY MEETING. d the CU P ay, the 17th July will will be decided on the 11th. a dded The Tradesmen's Cup, value 200 s ovs., with 100 in spec ie ' to a Handicap Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., &c . , Lora Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn's b. m. Birdlime aored, 9st. 3 1 u• G. Bentinek's Venison, 5 yrs, 9st. 21b ; Lord 'Suffield's Carav43-;.,,, yrs, Bst. 7113 ; Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's ch. c. Abraham Newlan d + 2 0 rct Bst. 61b ; Mr. S. L. Fox's bl. c. The Doctor, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b.; ste t's It. Grosvenor na. Hark-away, 4 yrs, Bst. 51b ; Lord WestminBst, Cardinal Puff, 4 yrs, Bst. 51b ; Lord Suffield's Cowbe)' , 4 yrs Lor d 51b ; Mr. Heseltine's br. c. Slashing Harry, 4 yrs, Bst. 3lb Eglinton'sThe Black Diamond, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b lam's b. f. Modesty, by Malek, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Mr. Hr ,K son's br. c. Melbourne, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b; Mr. J. Robinson s d , Whaley, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Mr. Golden's bl. c. by Robin . flo o , by Whisker, 4 yrs, ist. 81b ; Mr. S. L. Fox's b. C. Direnla+ l ; 'c, 7st. 81b; Mr. Bell's ch. f. Golden Drop, 4 yrs, 7st. 6 1 h; C. 'l'owneley's gr. h. Arthur, 5 yes, ist. 61b; Mr. A. Pciwerlisel,. by Lord Stafford, 4 yrs, 7st. 61b ; Mr. G. Cook's ch. m• n a l e t 41b ; Mulev, dam by Comus, out of Margrave's dam, 4 yrs+ '; b sr io- Lord Eglinton's b. or br. c. St. Bennett, by Catton, °-.• Her lotto, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Lord Miltown's ch. f. - Cruiskcens by sir may , cules, 7st. 31b ; Lord Chesterfield's b. c. by Priam, out ef e i c he, flower (half-bred), 4 yrs, 7st; Lord Miltown's ch. c. Cu sh 121 b; by Roller, 6st. 121 b ; Mr. Fitzroy na. b. m.Vesper,s yrs, test. ,par- Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's ch. c. The Hydra, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b ; Lord Sir j. Mr.}l.ilobiry wick's b. c. by Brutandorf, out of Melody, 3 yrs, fist. 71h ; vi . s , Gerard's b. c. by Belzoni, out of Dame burden, by Banker, 3 bat. 41b. The following pay 5 sovs. each :—lnheritor, Heron, Vestmen t, Galewood, Epirus, Dick, b. h. by Robin Hood , Hock , The Prittle Warden, The Zegra Maid, Wentworth, Edgar, Miss Eliza, Combat , Miss Bowe, Calendar, Parolles, Piccaroon, Appleton Lad, Recluse, Mersey, Lanercost, The Margravine, and Aries. The number of visitors at the court of Berlin is s° great that, besides all the royal horses, 600 post horses have been en gaged to carry the court to Potsdam. Count Ugarte, Austrian chA r g,,, e d'Affaires to the Swedish Court, and M. Horace Vernet, bare arrived '" the Prussian capital. HAIVICK.—IVe learn that the trade of this enter ) ; prising and flourishing town has just received a fresh impetus, , p 131 , !, e receipt of orders to an almost unprecedented extent, f rom America, by If, Sirius and Great Western steamers. It will, it is calculated take eight Or of the largest establishments at least three mouths to execute their ders, even with the aid of their immense power by steam and water-P!,',, The orders, we understand, are principally for hosiery, blankets, shasa,.lo. and trousers stuff, fur which the place is so justly celebrated.---E burgh Courant. Fifty-two clerl:, , ymen in Derbyshire have prescotera , memorial to the Archbishop of Canterbury , expressing strong disaave v robation of the Benefices Plurality Bill. They state that there are thousand benefices now held in plurality, of which two-thirds are Si bit § cient alone to maintain a c l ergyman; th a t th e p r ovision whi , " l.°lP `'en the holdings of livings i n p l ura lit y, w hi c h are di s tant more than uo, miles from each other, w ill " l eave th e t remen dous evil aln u)st thr ee touched," as of the livings at present held in plurality, " neath°rlY u 5 xi thousand arc within t en m il es o f eac h ot h er, an d a bove two within five of eac other." Since miles Sunday h morning the n eighbourh° ° „" A , a c a f Knightsbridge and Brompton h as b een muc h exc ited by the dea ,nurt , female, named Eliz a b e th F ran k s, res idi ng at N o . IS, Hoo per's- .- IC Knightsbridge, under circumstances of rattier a suspicious nat ure .. ber appears that the female in question went to bed on Saturday' nig ht „ In n daf usual state of health and that shortly after seven o'cloa Sr;o0o, morning on a person , with whom she was acqua i nre d e ntering be w ith she was discovered in a lifele s s s t a t e , i n b e d , w hich was satUrat e " of n o blood, A surgeon was immediately sent for, whose a ssistanc e wa .Lion avail, the vitals park having fled. During the super ficial exam' .. 'nt of the body which took place no marks of violence sufficient t° bas for her death were discovered ; but as information of the occurren:hote been forwarded by the parochial authorities to the Coro ner the and matter will in the course of two or three days undergo a stri ct searching investigation S D S SILVER EDGED PLATED Sh°" T. COX SAVORY offers for selection, arranged in „" . The Rooms, a most extensive variety of CORNER DISHrI COS Set of Four varies in price from Seven to Ten Guineas. 40.kerf SAVORY, Working Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Wa tc -t). 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from G ra ceehurch - s tr _o h N.B.—The Handles are made to remove from the C° Yl ,, r e s ':sel o may be used as Dishes ; thus the Set will form Eight Do" required. TEAS at WHOLESALE PRICES, in Quantities riC, less than One Pound. ss. fld• Black, 35., 3s. 6d., 3 s . 10d., 4 s .,lS ma ll L ea f G u npowder , t , 78s• 4s. 6d , ss. C ocoa 9d. per lb., or per 01 , 1 per Young Hyson, 4s. 4d., 4 s . Bd. Ch oco l a t e 10d. per lb. , Imperial Gunpowder, ss. 4d. cwt. 88s. 13' 10V T. G. NIANSELI and CO., Wholesale Tea-dealers, Z lersbury, Cheapside. Tr___•••••••• -- _ BIRTHS. Mi' On the Ist inst., the lady of the Rev. W. Hornby of St. chae On l's-on-Wyre, of a son. 00 1 ' doll, the sth inst., at Eastwell Rectory, Mrs. Montagu of a inn. the lady On the sth inst., at Baltimore House, Norwood, Surr e y of E. G. O e l r i c k s , Esq., of a boy. Ca rtels , On the 3d inst., at Jennings, Kent, the lady of E. B' Eso ,of Windmill-hill, Sussex, of a son. lady o f J• On the sth inst., in Not th-12ank, Regent's-park, t he D. Close, Esq., of a son. _/-------- MARRIED. i t the Re :: At the British Embassy at Florence, on the 15th um . „%ia John James, Rector of Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, to The ° ":, - , to the third daughter of the late Wm. Tennant, Esq., and ' Pe- Earl of Yarborough. to M u On the 6th inst., Mr. Henry Clements, of CanterborY,o,,,..stree-, younger daughter of the late Mr. Rob er t Watson; of 13 • Covent-garden. jr.?k ile,: On the sth inst., at. St. Mary, Stratford-le-BoW , '- Thomas Hawes, of Whitechapel, and Old-street , St. '" y hous e ' Sarah, youngest daughter of Joseph Adams, Esq., of Harle Bow. DIED. e Mr. n sa t ra he u 6 el th ß i u n r s r t o ., w i , n al ß o l v a p e r k , fr u ia ,o r r s uc .r e o t a e d, Einlitzhaebe6t9ht„hreliet of th elate yea r of her John On the 4th inst., at C anon b Y srq,uare, Islington , Mr " Jones, of West Smithfi e ld, a w e d 78. On the Ist inst., at his father's residence, Stam f or d -hill , Mr ' Thomas Windus. Clark On the 3d inst., i n O x f or d s t ree t, Anne, wife of Mr. J. son, aged At, 11yde 2 , 4. in the Isle of Wight, on the sth inst., aged 18, Stuart' third son of H. Goode, Esq. On the sth i ns t. at Grove-terrace, Peckham , Sarah Maria , t he eldest daughter of A. L. Irvine, aged 8 years and 4 months. I‘ , r. On the :Id inst., at Newmarket terrace, Cam brid g e -heath, John Smih, o the Bank o Enland, aed 31. On tene t 6th f inst., aged 10, g Charles g Orme, eldest son of Mr' Howett, of Muswell-hill, Hornsev. On the 50th u lt., a t Hackney, 86, Mrs. Mary Pettit, 5 0 11° ster, O late of St. Mar London. n the 4th inst., at y- his axe, son's house, Muswell-hill, Wm. Ren t ton, Esq., aged 81. On the 2d inst., the Hon. Barbara Coekayne Medlyeo ttorthafo , ag ed 85, relict of the Hon. Wm. Cockayne, of Rwliton Hall, Nr onshire London: Printed and Published by MURDOYOUNG. of l t 112, Strand, at The Sun Of fi ce, No. 11'), Strod, in the 4 0° V of Niddlesex.—Friday, Juno 8, 188#.